Category: Health

The Nigerian Medical Association has expressed concern over the state of affairs in the health sector, saying the Federal Government had killed the morale of doctors because of health sector … Read More

The Federal Government has asked all the states administering the COVID-19 vaccine to stop the exercise the moment they use half of the doses allocated to them. Sunday PUNCH, through … Read More

Pfizer and BioNTech have announced that their Covid-19 vaccine is safe and effective in 12- to 15-year olds, paving the way for them to seek emergency use authorization in weeks. … Read More

The Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Faisal Shuaib, on Thursday told members of the National Economic Council that the Oxford-Astrazeneca vaccine has been delivered to 35 out … Read More

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has admonished Nigerians not to play politics with the COVID-19 vaccines. He warned that allowing conspiracy to thrive will affect the … Read More

Nigeria will commence the vaccination against COVID-19 on Friday, the Federal Government said two days after it received the first batch of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines. The Executive Director of the … Read More

Information reaching Mouthpiece NGR news room says the University College Hospital (UCH) located in Ibadan is rejecting patient especially those with emergency cases over ongoing renovation of hospital blocks.  Mouthpiece … Read More

The United Nations International Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) Country representative to Nigeria, Peter Hawkins, on Thursday warned that Coronavirus would continue for the next two years. He said: “We are … Read More

Management of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso has fumigated and disinfected the whole health centre including the school ambulance to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in the … Read More

The Director-General of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General, Shuaibu Ibrahim, has reacted to claims that a top officer who was posted to the permanent orientation camp in Kano … Read More

Nigerians on social media and the Peoples Democratic Party have expressed dismay over the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.)’s violation of the executive order regulating COVID-19. The law, which … Read More

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has warned the nation might resort to the extreme option of another lockdown if Nigerians fail to comply with prescribed guidelines and protocols. … Read More

The Federal Government of Nigeria has extended phase three of eased COVID-19 lockdown by one month. Mouthpiece NGR understands that the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 announced this on … Read More

Nigeria on Friday recorded 1,483 new cases of COVID-19. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, disclosed this on its Twitter page on Friday. It confirmed that Nigeria now has … Read More

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday raised the alarm that the country is currently in a critical situation with the increasing number of confirmed COVID-19 cases. According to a statement … Read More

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N6.45 billion (about $17m) for the establishment of gas plants in 38 locations nationwide in a bid to enhance the treatment of Covid-19 patients who … Read More

The Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, has said the country could assess COVID-19 vaccine by the end of February. A communique signed by the NGF Chairman, Kayode Fayemi claimed efforts are … Read More

The Presidential Task Force (PFT) on COVID-19 has warned Nigerians against a second lockdown in Nigeria. The Chairman of PTF, Boss Mustapha, made the call at a briefing in Abuja. … Read More

The National Youth Service Corps Scheme (NYSC) has listed conditions that must be met by 2020 Batch “B” Stream II prospective corps members before they can be admitted into Orientation … Read More